Improvement in adjustable saddle-trees



G. H EATN 8L C. ECK LEY.

Adiustable Saddle-Trees.

NO 151975. Y Patentedlune16,1874.

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GEORGE HEAION, OF VVAOO, TEXAS, AND CHARLES ECKLEY, OF YOUNG AWERIOA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN ADJUSTABLE SADDLE-TREES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 151,976, dated .Tune 16, 1874; application filed February 11, 1874.

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Beit known that we, Gaone-r1 HEATON, of Waco, county of McLennan and State o l'Texas, and CHARLES ECKLEY, of Young America, county of fari-en and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in Adjustable SaddleTi-es, of which the following is a specification Thenature of our in vention relates to improvementsinsaddle-trees, andtheinvention consists in constructing the forward ends otl the trees with ahin ged connection between its sides, to allow lateral adjustment of the sides to and from each other, the pommel being provided with a socket-shank, which lits over the hin ged connection between the sides ofthe tree, and is provided with devices for securing it in difterent positions on said arms, for the purpose of securing the dit'erent adjustments, the rear side of the cantle also being provided with devices for adjusting the sides of it, loi-med by its division, all as hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a top plan view of a saddle-tree embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view in the line .fr .t of Fig. 4, and Fig. 3 a rear elevation and Fig. 4 is a side elevation.

Referring to the parts by letters, letters A A represent the two sides of a saddle-tree, their forward ends provided with upwardlyprojecting' arms a a, which are hinged at their upper ends at a', and their ends or cantle hinged to each other at af. B is a har extending across the rear side of the cantle, its ends pierced with slots I) b, through which ring stud-bolts b b are inserted into the cantle. C is the pommel, provided with a conical-shaped hollow shank, c, which ts over the arms a a., and is pierced with slots c c', through which ring-bolts c e are inserted into the arms a a. The manner of adjustment is deemed evident from an inspection of the drawings. The conical shank c may be aised or lowered on the arms a a, and iirmly fixed by the bolts c e, and the rear end may be adjusted to suit the same by plate I3 and studs b b', thus adjusting the relative angle ot' the sides of the tree to each other, and adapting them to varying backs of animals.

It will be seen that these adjustments also are readily and easily effected.

Ie claim- Y 1. The saddle-tree made in two halves, A A, hinged to each other, and made adjustable by means ofthe hollow pommel C, arms a a, and bolts e, substantially as and for the purpose specified.,

2. The pommel C and its hollow shank c, when arranged to operate with the arms a a, and bar B, and stud-bolts b and e, substantially as described, and for the purpose specilied.

GEORGE IIEATON. UHAS. EC-KLEY. Witnesses:

PLI/rrr 1".. Rie/Hanns, M. H. BARRINGER. 

